ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: April 2017

Very Good: B-

EFB Inaugural Criteria

Essential Films Blog is comprised of only films that are warranting a B- rating of quality or above.

Cinematic Aesthetic Theory

The films that are honored in this publication are viewed in their capacity to be visually splendorous (the paramount aspect of film) and emotionally stirring; demonstrated through the spheres of story, music and/or imagery.

The true, vital mark of great cinema is the mastery of time, place, and tone throughout a work.

Cinema, as a medium of the visual, and by that virtue one of the most lasting art forms on the partaker, must be assessed fundamentally on its aptitude to document the scenery of life experience with power.

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Documentaries are included in this undertaking, but short films, although many remarkable selections can be unearthed, are unfortunately not.

ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG

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Thursday, April 27, 2017

Aguirre, the Wrath of God - 1972

Friday, April 21, 2017

The Lorax - 2012

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Apocalypto - 2006

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Logan's Run - 1976

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Where to Invade Next - 2015

Friday, April 7, 2017

And While We Were Here - 2012

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

The Pursuit of Happyness - 2006